§17122 Research and development

Summary

The Federal Director and the Commercial Director must work together with the Advisory Committee to study and push research on high-performance green buildings. They must review existing studies and coordinate shared work. They must make a research plan that shows what we still need to learn about how buildings affect health, productivity, safety, security, and access. That plan must cover things like emissions from materials, daylight, ventilation, heating and cooling controls, moisture and mold, cleaning and pest control, acoustics, and access to public transit. They must also promote tools to measure a building’s life-cycle performance, test new green technologies, help with budgeting and life-cycle cost work under section 17092(d), study security and disaster benefits, and support other research the Directors’ Offices choose. The Federal Director, with the EPA Administrator and the Advisory Committee, must create and run a full indoor air quality program for all Federal buildings to protect workers and occupants during new construction, renovations, and in existing buildings.